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Intel driven MacBook Pros have secondary ARM processor for Touch ID and security

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Re: Intel driven MacBook Pros have secondary ARM processor for Touch ID and security

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Post by bartvk » Mon, Oct 31, 2016, 7:03 AM UTC

Rebelgecko wrote: post #71

ginko wrote: post #4

Not really that surprising. Your average laptop nowadays probably has more ARM cores than x86 cores. They're in all kinds of peripherials like wifi controllers, power supplies, harddisk controllers, GPU job control, heck even AMD's recent APUs come with an integrated Cortex-A5.[1] ARM cores are everywhere, people just don't know about it. [1] http://www.anandtech.com/show/6007/amd-2013-apus-to-include-...

Hell some (all?) Macbooks even have FPGAs

I was surprised about that and looked for a source. Here it is: https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/MacBook-Pro-15-Inch-Unibody-...

Re: Intel driven MacBook Pros have secondary ARM processor for Touch ID and security

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Post by aq3cn » Mon, Oct 31, 2016, 10:32 AM UTC

samsonradu wrote: post #131

aq3cn wrote: post #126

Touch ID, security + Apple pay. To keep the cash flowing and replace banks.

Tbh I really see this might happen. They have internationally widespread devices (unlike banks which don t usually operate in too many countries) they have superior technology, much easier for clients to use and also a better reputation than plenty of banks. Then the remaining issue is regulations, can they solve it? Would an european country back up < 100k deposits for Apple? :)

They want to be monopoly by entering in our home as an IoT devices, pocket as a smart phone, desk as a laptop, office as a desktop, road as a car, wallet as a digital credit card etc. They still have not entered inside our toilet.

I guess most people can see the problem and their potential as our next dictator.

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